For one Lorton homeowner, this week’s trash pickup might’ve left more garbage than it took away.
A garbage truck crashed into a single-family house in the 7600 block of Henry Knox Drive this morning (Tuesday), drawing a response from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department around 11:18 a.m.
“A caller is advising that a garbage truck went into a home. Everyone’s out of the truck,” a dispatcher told responders on the emergency scanner.
According to scanner traffic, the truck driver was evaluated for injuries, but medics determined that he was not in life-threatening condition and didn’t need to be transported to a hospital. No other injuries were reported.
The cause of the crash remains unclear, and an FCFRD spokesperson says it’s not something the department would typically investigate.
But a photo shared by the FCFRD shows that the truck somehow cleared the curb and a sidewalk on a slope, getting wedged on top of an electrical box with its front hidden by bushes around the house’s front entrance. A portion of the building’s front brick facade fell down, exposing insulation in the walls.
The house was unoccupied at the time of the crash, the fire department says. The homeowner returned while firefighters were at the scene.
Per the scanner, Redmond Towing was called to help remove the truck, which was “fully loaded with garbage,” and Dominion Energy crews were also needed to address any impact the crash had to the electrical infrastructure.
“There’s not a large telephone pole, but it’s a small pole next to the house,” a Fairfax County police officer said on the scanner. “The fire department’s saying it’s a transformer with electrical wires laying out, so I think [the power company] still needs to come.”
